⚽ The Kick-Off - Thursday 14th May 2026
Hearts remain one point ahead of Celtic. Controversy at Fir Park with late Celtic penalty. Stenhousemuir beat Alloa 3-1. Scotland World Cup squad to be announced next week.
Random Scottish Football Fact #309:
Arbroath are the only one of the four senior Angus clubs (Brechin City, Forfar Athletic & Montrose) to have played in the top flight.
LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
➡️ William Hill Premiership
Heart of Midlothian 3 - 0 Falkirk
Motherwell 2 - 3 Celtic
Rangers 1 - 2 Hibernian
➡️ William Hill Championship Play-Off Final - First Leg
Alloa Athletic 1 - 3 Stenhousemuir
plus matches in the West of Scotland League, and East of Scotland League Cup, East of Scotland Cup, and Tweedie Cup. View all results on the Scottish Football Fixtures website.
NEWS
⚽️ It all comes down to Saturday. If Hearts avoid defeat at Celtic, they win the title. A Celtic win and they are champions for the 14th time out of the last 15 seasons.
For Hearts, it could have been just avoiding a heavy defeat had it not been for the controversial penalty at Fir Park. Derek McInnes called the decision “disgusting”.
Thanks to late winners at both Fir Park and Ibrox, Motherwell and Hibs will shoot it out to see who finishes fourth. Similar to Hearts, the Steelmen have to avoid defeat. - view the Premiership table here
To give you a flavour of the wider reaction to the decision to give Celtic the penalty last night, here are just a few posts on social media:
Gary Lineker: “This might be the worst VAR decision I’ve seen (and there’s a lot of competition). Extraordinary given the significance.”
Jeff Stelling: “Seriously that is never a handball at Fir Park. The boy headed it 20 yards. The ref takes one look after VAR calls him over. Embarrassing for Scottish football.”
Don Hutchison: “Wow the VAR pen in the Celtic game... One of the worst decisions of all time. You don’t get that much power with your hand. It hits his forehead. Again the ref did NOT give it on field. So according to law. “It’s not clear and obvious”
⚽️ Stenhousemuir take a 3-1 first-leg advantage over Alloa Athletic in the Championship Play-Off Final. Mikey Anderson’s goal for Stenny is certainly worth watching.
🔵 James Tavernier was left out of the Rangers squad altogether last night following reports he was unhappy with Danny Rohl for planning to start him on the bench. - David Irvine, The Herald
🌎 Steve Clarke will announce his Scotland World Cup squad on Tuesday next week. - Scotland National Team on X
⬆️ SPFL top-flight attendances are set to pass four million for the first time. - SPFL website
✍️ Kelty Hearts made a double signing yesterday. Finn Moffett joins from the University of Stirling, and Ryan Shanley has been signed from Stirling Albion. Shanley had previously been on loan at Kelty as a Hibs youngster. - Kelty Hearts website
📝 Here are the latest SPFL contract extensions:
Greenock Morton have extended Michael O’Halloran’s contract until the end of next season. - Greenock Morton on X
Peterhead have triggered a one-year extension for Cieran Dunne. - Peterhead FC website
Niall McGinn will become a player-coach at Balmoor next season. - Peterhead FC website
Stirling Albion defender Callum Crane has signed a contract extension for season 2026/27. - Stirling Albion website
🔴 Meanwhile, Stirling Albion have released Corey Thomson, Ryan Shanley (already signed for Kelty Hearts), Derek Gaston, Adam Brown, Aaron Weir, and Aidan Cannon. - Stirling Albion website
🏟️ Scotland Women’s National Team’s home qualifier against Israel next month will now take place in Budapest, Hungary, behind closed doors. The ‘away’ game four days later will also take place in the same stadium. - Scottish FA website
🆕 Montrose have launched their new Scotland-inspired away kit. - Montrose FC website
🏟️ Historic Environment Scotland has given the site of the original Hampden Park protected status. Following the closure of the bowling club, which was based on the land, there were fears it could have been turned into flats. - BBC
🌎 Days until Haiti v Scotland at the World Cup: 30
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Shortlees AFC v Drumchapel Amateurs (7.30pm - Hampden Park)
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